Rachel Berry has always done what she thinks is right – always. When she was four she decided no one but herself could dictate her marching orders.
Rachel thought wearing sweaters was the right thing. So what if the entire student population thought she was an overgrown toddler? She was going to outshine each and every one of them. In any case, she was the only person in middle school never to have had frostbite on her arms.
When Rachel was in high school she thought it was right to improve her look by wearing skirts under her sweater. So what if the girls sniped at her in the corridors to wear more and the boys not-so-subtly stared at her butt for the first week? They were just intimidated by the fact that she could carry off short skirts.
She believed in non-violence. So what if she wanted to claw out Quinn Fabray's eyes every time she opened her mouth to offer yet another insult to her dressing sense, looks or popularity? By killing Quinn now, she would spare her from the torture after leaving the shelter of the school hierarchy. After all everyone must reap what they sow.
Rachel believed in sharing her talent. So what if the MySpace videos got over a hundred dislikes? They were just ignorant of pure talent. There was a chance she could be discovered on MySpace for her extraordinary voice, and that would be her ticket out of the hellhole she knew as WMHS.
Rachel has never compromised in her beliefs. At least not until she met the six foot three inches of Finn Hudson.